Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-06-22

ladies discarded their wraps displays So
their Jewels which flashed and reflected
the rays of the sunbeams. When the
Queen reached the dais she looked very
pale and somewhat fatigued, but she soon
recovered and wore bright and composed
countenance throughout the service. she
was surrounded by thirty members OF the
royal family.
In the Abbey three tiers of galleries with
seats were erected, seating about 10000
persons. The peers and their wives were
seated in the south transept; the ambassa-
dors and diplomatic corps being seated
right and left of the peers. Members OF
the House of Commons were seated in the
north transept, while the seats for men,
bers of the reigning families of Europe
were within the communion rails.
All the great learned societies and cor
pOrations were represented, whilst the
notables of the law, science, art and agrl-
culture and workingmen's representatives
from all parts OF the United Kingdom had
seats duly allotted to them.
KISSES AND HAND-sHAKING.
When the services, which were conducted
according to programme, were completed,
the Queens sons knelt and kissed her
hand. Then on their arising she kissed
their cheeks in turn. The Princesses were
next to 90 through the OsCulatOry exercise.
The Queen kissed some Of the latter twice,
especially was this notable in the case OF
theiPrincess ofWales and Princess Beatrice.
This was followed by general hand-shak-
ing among the royalty and nobility. The
Queen bestowed two smacks upon the lips
of the Crown Prince Frederick William.
The Princesses all wore light dresses.
One of the features of the services was
the performance of the choir and organ,
which was very fine, the effect of the music
enchanting and at times thrilling the
hearers. During the performance of "Ath-
allie" the Queen took her departure, re-
turning to Buckingham Palace by the
same route as she took Just half a century
ago.
THE RETURN To BUCKINGHAM PALACE.
At the conclusion of the services the
royal c0rtege returned to buckingham
Palace. The return was by the following
route: Via Parliament street, Whitehall,
Cockspur street, Pail Mall, st. James
street, Piccadilly, Constitution Hill to
Buckingham Palace. The thrOngs awaited
the return of the cortege and repeated the
enthusiastic demonstrations which greeted
them on the way to the Abbey. The
Queen on her arrival at the Palace seemed
fairly overcome by the loyalty displayed
by her subjects.
Amongst the notables that could be seen
from the press gallery, we're Premier Sails
bury, Lord Cranbrook, Lord Ashbourne,
SirWilliamVern Harcourt, Mr.. Gladstone
lin Court Uniform) with Mrs. Gladstone,
James Russell Lowell and Mr.. Blaine. In
the gallery Queen KapiOlani and Princess
LilikOlani, in rich golden robes, were seat
ed in the sacrarium, Just under stream OF
crimson rays falling through the windows.
A reception and banquet was given at
the palace to. night, the guests being limit
ed to members of the royal families and
diplomats. Mr.. Phelps was present.
As the day wore on, the breeze died out
and the afternoon was hot and stitiing.
There were several cases of SunstrOke; and
a number of persons were crushed and in
iured in the crowd. With these eXcep-
tiOns, everything passed of without
hitch.
RECIPIENTS OF JUBILEE HONOIS.
The press is requested to state that the
number of congratulatOry kilograms from
public bodies and privateindividualst to beso
overwhelmingly large that it is impossible
to answer them individually. The Queen is
greatly touched and gratiied by such ex-
pressiOns OF loyalty and devotion from all
classes of subjects.
On the advice of Lord Salisbury jubilee
honors will be conferred on several Liberal
Unionists. The new peers to be created i'll
honor of the Queens jubilee will include
Sir VIM. Armstrong, Sir James McNaghten
McGarel-Hogg and Right Hon. Geo. Scla-
ter-BOOth.